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Lee, Kim, and Lee: A Full-Thickness Macular Hole in a Female Adult with Bilateral Retinal Capillary Hemangiomas
Case Report
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2012; 53(8): 1177-1180.

Published online: 17 August 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2012.53.8.1177

A Full-Thickness Macular Hole in a Female Adult with Bilateral Retinal Capillary Hemangiomas

Seung Bum Lee, MD, Kyu Seop Kim, MD, Won Ki Lee, MD, PhD

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to Won Ki Lee, MD, PhD. Department of Ophthalmology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, #222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2258-6198, Fax: 82-2-599-7405, wklee@catholic.ac.kr

Received 29 August 2011       Accepted 24 June 2012

Copyright © 2012 The Korean Ophthalmological Society

Abstract

Purpose

We report a case of a full-thickness macular hole treated in a female adult with bilateral retinal capillary hemangiomas.

Case summary

A 20-year-old woman with bilateral retinal capilliary hemangiomas presented with blurred vision in her right eye. A thin epiretinal membrane and impending macular hole were found that did not appear to be related with a 2-disc-diameter-sized retinal angioma, telangiectactic vessels, and hard exudates in the lower retinal area of her right eye. Four months later, optical coherence tomography revealed a full-thickness macular hole in her right eye. A vitrectomy was performed, and the full-thickness macular hole was completely resolved.

Keywords: Bilateral retinal capillary hemangiomas, Full-thickness macular hole, Vitrectomy

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Figure 1
Fundus photographs of both eyes (A) and fluorescein angiographic findings of the right eye (B) at the initial visit revealed retinal angiomas and retinal vascular telangiectactic lesions with exudations in the lower retinal area. Optical coherence tomograph (OCT) of the right eye revealed epiretinal membrane and sensory retinal detachment and OCT of the left eye revealed flat macular finding at the initial visit (C).
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Figure 2
Fundus photograph of the right eye (A) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) of right eye (B) at the second visit revealed full thickness macular hole formation. And OCT of the right eye 2 months after vitrectomy revealed flat macular finding (C).
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